George E. Curry

[1] Curry was considered the "dean of black press columnists", and his weekly commentaries enjoyed wide syndication.

[citation needed] In 1983 he joined the Chicago Tribune where he focused on the interest of the African American community.

[1] In 1993 Curry published a bold depiction of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas with an Aunt Jemima handkerchief on his head on the front cover.

His work with NNPA ranged from hearing oral arguments in the Supreme Court to visiting Doha, Qatar, to write about the war with Iraq.

[citation needed] On March 15, 2007, Curry announced that he was going to resign as editor-in-chief of NNPA's news service.

[5] Curry was the founding director of the St. Louis Minority Journalism Workshop and of the Washington Association of Black Journalists.

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